The Center for Consumer Freedom, a group funded by restaurants and food companies, put out a statement decrying his selection, saying he was "an overzealous activist who doesn't give any consideration to the importance of personal responsibility or privacy.
The Center for Consumer Freedom, a group funded by restaurants and food companies, put out a statement decrying his selection, saying he was "an overzealous activist who doesn't give any consideration to the importance of personal responsibility or privacy.
based non-profit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) claims government and activist warnings about mercury levels in fish unnecessarily denied more than a quarter-million underprivileged children critical omega 3 fatty acids.
The Center for Consumer Freedom, a nonprofit coalition, issued a statement from senior analyst Dan Mindus that said, "There is simply no scientific evidence proving food advertisements contribute to childhood obesity, but there is an abundance of research showing that a lack of physical activity does, and this is where our efforts should be focused.
And shoring up this business ethic are organizations such as the Center for Consumer Freedom and the Washington Legal Foundation (whose paid advertorials appear regularly on the New York Times Op-Ed page).
There are people out there who are trying to change the food-production and sales-tax systems in this country," says Richard Berman, executive director of the Center for Consumer Freedom, a non-profit consumer-advocacy group.
CREW has posted its IRS complaint alleging the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF), a food-and-beverage industry front group that attacks anyone who criticizes smoking, fast food or alcohol, had violated its tax-exempt status, as well as its 2006 letter to the Senate Finance Committee asking for an investigation into whether CCF and CUF have violated their tax-exempt status by working on behalf of for-profit entities.
